Off you go, Firmin; harness a horse to it." Firmin went clumping out of the hall.
It was perhaps as well that he went, for the Duke asked what time it was; and since the watches of Germaine and her father differed still, there ensued an altercation in which, had Firmin been there, he would doubtless have taken part.
The Duke cut it short by saying: "Well, I don't think I'll wait to see you start for the station.

It won't take you more than half an hour.
The cart is light.

You needn't start yet.

I'd better get off as soon as the car is ready.

It isn't as though I could trust it." "One moment," said Germaine.